Gay teenager Tyler flooded by messages of support after his father described his coming out as 'worse than death'

Gay teenager Tyler flooded by messages of support after his father described his coming out as 'worse than death'

BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

A gay teenager has received an outpouring of support online after he detailed his father's hostile reaction to him coming out – in which his dad allegedly described the situation as "worse than death".

A gay teenager has received an outpouring of support online after he detailed his father's hostile reaction to him coming out – in which his dad allegedly described the situation as "worse than death".

Tyler, 15, posted screenshots of messages, which he says were sent to him by his father via Facebook messenger, on his Tumblr account.

In them Tyler, who lives in Vancouver, Canada, had been told that he had brought "shame and embarrassment" on his family and should "stay away".

"You embarrass me from all the people I knew. I'm going to puke. Whatever you do it reflects on me. People will ridicule me, insult me, and I might turn out to be a criminal. I have enough of all this b******t," his father wrote.

"You are trying to ruin me. This is worse than death.

"You f**k!!!"

He went on to suggest that his son’s sexuality was an inappropriate and ungrateful response to the sacrifices made by his parents in bringing him up.

"We took care of you since you were a baby. We loved you, took care of you when you’re sick. Lost many days and nights in all your fifteen years. Now this is what we get in return, shame and embarrassment," he wrote.

"'If only you didn't reject God and His teachings in your life you could have been strong enough to stay from evil and scums that surrounds you.